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1?. n. MOORE.

REVOLVING LACE AND RIBBON HOLDER.

V UNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

REVOLVING LACE AND RIBBON HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,147, dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed November-ll, 1585. Serial No. liILF-li'. (No model) a citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident of Bloomfield, in the county of Davis and State of Iowa, have invented a Revolving Lace and Ribbon Holder and Exhibitor, of

which the following is a specification.

My object is to facilitate the placingof laees, ribbons, and similar fabrics in a case forprcservation and exhibition in such a manner that the different pieces will be interchangeable and readilyhandled separately as required in selling and cutting off parts of such pieces in a retail store.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of interchangeable sliding cases carrying detachable spooli ng devices and latches with a receiving-ease having bearings to receive and retain the sliding eascs,ashcreinafter set forth, point-ed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation. of the revolving ease having a series of sliding cases exposed to view. Fig. :Z is a horizontal transverse sec tion of the case, showing parallel grooves that serve as bearings for the sliding and inten changeable eases. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a section of the revolving case and a detachable sliding case carrying a detachable spool and a latch adapted to fasten the sliding case.

A represents a foursided showcase, suspended upon a post, B, in such a manner that it will be in a perpendicular position and read ily revolve horizontally. The post may be fixed to a floor, or upon a store-counter, or to a portable base. At each corner vertical panels O are permanently fixed to the top and bottom of the case, and horizontal partitions F are permanently fixed to the panels to support the sliding cases.

G are glass doors hinged to the inner edges of the vertical boards or panels 0, to cover the sliding cases when placedinside of the revolving case.

it h are parallel groups out in the top surfaces of the bottom and thefixed partitions E. On the under sides of the partitions, and at right angles to the grooves h, are grooves i, that admit the ends of spring-latches fixed to the under sides of the same partitions.

K is the front, and Z Zthesidcs, of one of my sliding cases. They are fixed together by means of mortises and tenons, or in any suitable way, at the front, and braced at their rear ends by cross-pieces m,that are fastened to the corners of the sides 6. Each side piece, Z, has a horizontal slot, 1, extending from its rear edge to its center, to allow the axle of a spool to slide in and out.

Z are spring-latches fixed to the outside surfaces of the sides I, to engage the axle of the spool and retain the axle and spool in the inner ends of the slots Z,so that the spools can be rotated in the sliding cases, as required, to wind on and oft'lace or ribbon.

6 represents a crank on the end of the axle.

a is a slot in the front K of the sliding case, through which the f rec end of the fabric wound upon the spool will extend and hang down,as requirei'l, for exhibiting a sample of the fabric upon the spool and concealed and protected in the case.

r is a leaf-spring, bent at right angles at its rear end and fastened to the under side of the partition, so as to extend horizontally and rearward and into the slot In its normal condition its rear end projects downward, for the purpose of restricting the forward motion of the sliding case, and locking it fast to the rotating case by engaging the top of the crosspieee at the rear ofthe sliding case.

To withdraw the sliding ease from the rotating case for the purpose of interchanging fabrics or any other purpose, I simply press the free end of the spring or latch r upward, to disengage it from the cross-piece, and then pull the sliding case forward.

The rotating case may be madelof any size desired and the spaces between the parallel J grooves h varied, to adapt them to receive sliding cases of different sizes.

In place of rotating cases, stationary cases fixed upon horizontal platforms or against vertical walls may be grooved in like manner and adapted to receive series of the sliding cases.

8 represents tag-holders fixed against the front faces to receive cards or tags upon which the cost price, selling price, and other data relating to the merchandise in the case can be marked and preserved for examination.

I claim as my invention 1. A sliding case and ribbon-holder composed of two uniform side pieces having slots extending from their rear edges to their central portions, and a front having a horizontal slot in its central portion, an axle and spool support adapted to slide in the coinciding slots in the side pieces, and fastening devices adjustably connected with the sides of the case to fasten the spool-axle, in combination witha case having parallel grooves in the top surface of its bottom or horizontal partitions, to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated. p i

2. A sliding case composed of a front, K, having a horizontal slot, two sides, I, having slots l,spring-latcl1 devices Z, a cross-piece,

m, and a leaf-spring orlatch, 1', in combination with a case having parallel grooves h and a cross-groove, i, in its bottom, substantially as iihcwn and described, for the purposes speci- 3. The improved ribbon and lace holder and exhibitor composed of a rotating case having series of parallel grooves h in the top surface of its bottom and horizontal partitions, and grooves in the under sides of said partitions, and series of sliding cases composed of fronts K and sides I, having slots Z, and carrying spools on axles extending through said slots Z, and springs or latches 1', substantially as shown and described, to operate in the manner. set forth.

FRANKLIN D. MOORE.

\Vitnesses:

D. H. PAYNE, M. O. Moons. 

